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opus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

opus (plural opuses or opera)

• (music) A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer’s complete published works.
  • ✤ Beethoven’s “Razumovsky” Quartets, Op. 59, are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.
• A work, especially of art.
  • ✤ The painter’s last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈəʊpəs/, /ˈɒpəs/¹
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• Rhymes: -əʊpəs, -ɒpəs

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. Ross, Alan S. C. (1970), “opus”, in How to pronounce it ‎${}^{[1]}$, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135. ↩

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